Mybbard (
Mewbred or
Mebbred), also known as
Calrogus was a 6th century
hermit and is a local Cornish
saint said to be the son of a
King of Ireland. Very little is known of his life though he is recorded as having been
beheaded, with two others, by the pagan ruler Melyn ys Kynrede in what is today the parish of
Lanteglos-by-Fowey, near
Fowey,
Cornwall. He was later re-invented as an Irish prince.
William Worcester names him as the son of an Irish king who became a Cornish hermit. He was a contemporary of St
Mannacus and
St Wyllow. An image of him carrying an extra head in his hands is included in a stained glass window in the church of
St Neot alongside St
Mabyn. He is said to be interred within the shrine (scrinio) of the
Church of St Meubred in
Cardinham. Mybbard is regarded as the
patron saint of
Cardinham. There is a single dedication, the church of St Meubred,
Cardinham, in the
Diocese of Truro. ==Manaccus==